How super PACs are saving Mitt Romney — Republican-aligned super PACs and other outside conservative groups have spent more than $144 million on general election ads in swing presidential states, a huge outlay of cash that has allowed former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney to not only combat …

The Divine Miss M — What I find most fascinating about Michele Bachmann — and there are many, many more where she came from — is that she presents herself as a godly woman, humbly devoted to her Christian faith. I'd like to meet that god, and I'd like to understand that Christianity.

Most Say They Already Know Enough about the Candidates — Democrats Want to Hear More about Romney's Tax Returns — OVERVIEW — With more than three months to go before Election Day, most voters already feel that there's little left to learn about the presidential candidates.

An Academic Auto-da-Fé — A sociologist whose data find fault with same-sex relationships is savaged by the progressive orthodoxy — Whoever said inquisitions and witch hunts were things of the past? A big one is going on now. The sociologist Mark Regnerus …

Why Gary Johnson could cost Obama or Romney a win in 2012 — Back in May, when Americans Elect, the group formed to put a bipartisan third party ticket on the 2012 presidential ballot, closed shop, everyone stopped talking about whether a third party candidate would enter the race in 2012 …

The Myth of the Libertarian Internet … - Yglesias: The Flaw in Obama's Idea To Tax the Rich To “Invest in Manufacturing” — Sally Ride Was Amazing, but She Should Not Have Been the First U.S. Woman in Space — Has the Sex Industry Finally Learned To Cater to Women? — What's That Thing?

If the first six months don't count... Mitt Romney sat down with CNBC's Larry Kudlow, and made a curious observation. He said voters who want a strong economy should vote for him, but Americans “ought to give, whichever president is going to be elected, at least six months or a year to get those policies in place.”

Bloomberg's gun-control idea: Cops go on strike — By GERRY SHIELDS in DC and BETH DEFALCO in NY — Mayor Bloomberg ramped up his gun-control rhetoric to a whole new level last night, saying he's surprised cops don't walk off their jobs until the public forces lawmakers to get guns off the streets.

I Know the Congressional Culture of Corruption — Congressmen accept donations and solemnly recite their oath of office: My vote is not for sale for a mere contribution. They are wrong. — Though democracy is not perfect, it is certainly the most effective polity; as Winston Churchill averred …

The U.S. Economic Policy Debate Is a Sham — Watching Democrats and Republicans hash out their differences in the public arena, it's easy to get the impression that there's a deep disagreement among reasonable people about how to manage the U.S. economy. — Nothing could be further from the truth.